It took Gary 32 years to catch me but catch me he did! And I let him catch me!!!
We met as teenagers, and he was friends with my going-steady boyfriend, who later became my husband. Gary was best man at that wedding. We stayed in contact all the years after my divorces through Christmas cards as we each raised our families.
After two divorces and dating, one October I prayed that God would lead me to the right man for me. That December, Gary and I again communicated through our Christmas cards; but my annual letter prompted him to call me. You see, we courted across the country (I lived in SC and he in NV) through letters and phone calls and reignited our friendship, which quickly turned into falling in love. After not even one date, we married six months later and have been married 19 years.
When we said the vows “for better or worse,” we meant that. My 65th birthday present to myself was my 9-month overdue mammogram. Days later I knew that I had breast cancer.
Gary was my ears when I was too overwhelmed to hear any more about my breast cancer. He understood my strong faith and helped God support me when the road was too rough to travel. He continues to be my box of memories when I can’t remember something. He goes to my treating facility with me at least twice a month (where he does not like to be), so that I can give out gift bags to other women in treatment for cancer. He misses meals and time with me so that I can administer a charity I founded, i.e., The Sparkle Caps Project. He is my rock and my love. My love for him is so much deeper than it was 19 years ago. I absolutely adore him.
God answered my prayer all those years ago when He sent Gary to me.
Sumter, SC